Taken through an 8 inch F6 reflecting telescope fitted with solar filter.
Giant sunspot number 720 is about as wide as the planet jupiter and still growing and may produce an x class flare.
Ok it`s not breaking new gound but not many people shoot the sun.
Predicted score 4.8 if i`m lucky.
Update has produced an X3 class flare.
Visit www.spaceweather.com is this interests you or if you wear an anorak :)
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It doesnt really look like the sun, more like an orange ball with some dirt on it. I dont really view this as ground breaking but rather as a bad photo... (sorry if my comment is offensive)
Heh. Good thing you never went into astronomy.
Good show Mark! Unique picture with lots of appeal (especially to the geekier among us)
Not sure if this is just a yellow ball :D. Interesting to say the least.
Right went and looked, and seems like it is the sun! Wow! Never seen that before so pretty darn cool. Presume you colored it in photoshop as none of the others were yellow. But still very unique (to me) 10
It doesnt really look like the sun, more like an orange ball with some dirt on it. I dont really view this as ground breaking but rather as a bad photo... (sorry if my comment is offensive)
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